Sahir Ludhianvi, “Kabhī Kabhī,” in Talḳhiyāñ (1945).
© the estate of Sahir Ludhianvi. Reproduced with attribution for study and translation.
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Text notes: Stanza breaks are editorial, inferred from the rhyme pattern (an opening line, four-line stanzas whose second and fourth lines rhyme, and the refrain repeated at the end) and from where sentences end; they are not taken from a printed edition.
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